Creative Ways Countries Have Encouraged Citizens to Have More Kids

China

China made headlines in October by lifting its one-child policy. The country's leaders realized its 35-year-old one-child policy may have worked too well, and without a younger population to support the aging population, the economy could suffer. Economists and demographers are skeptical about whether ending the policy is enough to increase the population, though, as the cost of raising children in China is extremely high.